[HN Gopher] A geothermal amoeba sets a new upper temperature lim...
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A geothermal amoeba sets a new upper temperature limit for
eukaryotes
Author : wjb3
Score : 27 points
Date : 2025-12-07 19:26 UTC (3 hours ago)
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| ahazred8ta wrote:
| _Incendiamoeba cascadensis_ can reproduce up to 63degC
| (145.4degF)
| WithinReason wrote:
| The archaean _Methanopyrus kandleri_ can grow at 122degC, while
| among bacteria, _Geothermobacterium ferrireducens_ can grow at
| temperatures up to 100degC
| metalman wrote:
| the numbers put the idea of total extinction of life on earth
| way out there in the relm of the improbable, and suggest that
| perhaps some living things will survive the expansion of our
| sun, when it inevitably turns into a red giant, or at least
| till some later phase in that process it also means that
| irrate alliens looking to rid the universe of earth life,
| have got there work cut out for them
| close04 wrote:
| When the Sun turns into a red giant the water on Earth
| won't stay liquid for much longer. Lack of water will be a
| much bigger challenge for life before the planet hits that
| limit of 122degC.
| vatsachak wrote:
| I wouldn't be surprised if life on earth expands to other
| solar systems before the sun goes berserk. There's 5
| billion years left
| vatsachak wrote:
| Evolution is beautiful. To me, it's the most beautiful
| process ever chronicled
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